Month: January 2018

Lubrin in the Sunday times

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Casona Grande and restaurante Albar in Lubrin have made it into the Sunday times best places to stay in Spain today. The newspaper says: Casona Granado, Andalusia The British expats Clayton and Rachel Morley have taken a run-down house in the pretty village of Lubrin and turned it into exactly the sort of place you dream of finding in the Almerian hills. The eight rooms pitch bold-coloured fabrics against bright white walls — Nos 4, Continue reading Lubrin in the Sunday times→

Up in the mountains

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I was up in the Sierra Cabrera this Monday, clambering up mountains and then walking up over La Jara into Mojácar. It was quite fun up here on the Cerro del Judío (hill of the Jew) but the sight of that approaching storm scared me back down.  Braving a few drops I carried on up one of my favourite tracks, up to the old cortijo in la Jara from where you can just see the Continue reading Up in the mountains→

A record year for filming

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The province had a record year for filming last year, with no fewer than 91 permits being issued to film in the countryside across Almería. 14 of these were for long shoots (films, etc), 5 for short films and 4 for documentaries. Most of the rest were adverts, according to this news report from La Voz. We had the foo-foo French film ´Les Frères Sisters´ (the brother sisters, according to my schoolboy French), which is Continue reading A record year for filming→